New Zealand Earthquake — 13 Nov
A strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 1103UTC 13 November ( just after Midnight local time ) causing damage and local tsunami alerts, mainly for the East coast of the country. The local emergency …
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Caribbean Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew is currently crossing the Caribbean heading towards Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. http://www.hwn.org/data/nhcat4.html shows the storms predicted path. The American Hurricane Watch Net is operating 14.325 MHz by day and 7.268 MHz as the storm passes through their area of interest. …
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Indonesian floods get hams help with communications
The flooding in West Java that caused landslides and killed at least 30 people remains a disaster scene with recovery work continuing. Chief of Organisation & International Affairs of ORARI, Gjellani J. Sutama YB1GJS said that early on September 21 after heavy …
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Exercise in Malaysia 1st October
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) requested for an amateur radio emergency communications exercise to be held on October 1, 2016 centred on Sibu, Sarawak in East Malaysia. IARU member society, Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters’ Society (MARTS) and the …
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Mexico — Hurricane Newton
Joaquin Solana XE1R the News Editor of IARU Region 2 reports that Category 1 Hurricane Newton is entering the Baja California peninsula.FMRE’s Emergency Communication Net asks radio amateurs to keep 7.060 and 7.130 kHz clear for emergency communications traffic. …
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